Photos: Palisades fire erupts as thousands flee their homes
A firefighter makes a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu beach in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters protect structures from the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Will Adams uses a garden hose to keep flames from damaging his home as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
The Palisades fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The Palisades fire approaches the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters work to save a portion of house on S. Surfview Drive in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters work in smoke as they battle the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A house goes up in flames near S. Surfview Drive in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Law enforcement blocks off Pacific Coast Highway as the sun is shrouded in smoke in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Bike riders make their way along the coast as large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Firefighters protect structures from the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire by helicopter in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Jerome Krausse pushes his mother- in-law in a shopping cart as they evacuate from their home in the Pacific Palisades after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood in Santa Monica, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Sui Mourad Tabsh wears a mask as she watches the advancing Palisades Fire from her property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire as it damages a property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A person flees from an advancing wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A structure burns, destroyed by The Palisades fire on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A residence burns as a firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
Lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu beach in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Anne Tierney leaves her Sunset Boulevard apartment during the Palisades fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A firefighter makes a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
The Palisades Fire burns near homes amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. The fast-moving wildfire is threatening homes in the coastal neighborhood amid intense Santa Ana Winds and dry conditions in Southern California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A firefighter makes a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A beachgoer walks along the coast as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A lone beachgoer walks along the coast as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles,Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
People wait with some belongings while fleeing the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Firefighters battle the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
People flee from the advancing Palisades Fire, by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
People flee from the advancing Palisades Fire, by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
The Palisades Fire ignites behind a liquor store in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter tries to contain the Palisades Fire from a rooftop in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Will Adams watches as flames from the Palisades Fire close in on his property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Smoke and flames surround the Getty Museum along Pacific Coast Highway in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter hoses down flames from the Palisades Fire in front of a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Water is dropped by helicopter on the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A man walks down a street as flames from the Palisades Fire burn a home on Jan. 7, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The fast-moving wildfire is threatening homes in the coastal neighborhood amid intense Santa Ana Winds and dry conditions in Southern California. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
A firefighter walks down a driveway to a home engulfed in fire as the battle the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A recreational vehicle smolders after being destroyed by The Palisades fire on Pacific Coast Highway on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A structure burns, destroyed by The Palisades fire on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A structure burns, destroyed by The Palisades fire on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters protect homes on Seabreeze Dr from the Palisades in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A car drive along PCH as the Palisades Fire burns in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy uses a hose to put out a spot fire on Surfveiw Dr. in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A person is loaded in to an ambulance near PCH during the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. No information was available at the scene about how the person was injured or if fire related. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
People evacuate as a the Palisades fire approaches homes in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters protect homes on Seabreeze Dr from the Palisades in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu beach in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A man uses a hose to protect a home from the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy uses a hose to put out a spot fire on Surfveiw Dr. in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu beach in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A house goes up in flames on S. Surfview Drive in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A home near the Getty Museum goes up in flames along Pacific Coast Highway in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A firefighter watches as lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu beach in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu beach in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu beach in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A firefighter makes a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
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